Baigent, Elizabeth. “Kate Marsden: 18591931”. Geographers Biobibliographical Studies, edited by Hayden Lorimer and Charles W. J. Withers, Continuum, 2008, pp. 63-92.
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10 December 1887: Mrs Ethel Fenwick, with twenty-nine hospital...
Building item
10 December 1887
Mrs Ethel Fenwick
, with twenty-nine hospital matrons, officially named and founded the British Nurses' Association
; this was the first organized attempt by nurses to improve the status of their profession.
McGann, Susan. The Battle of the Nurses: A Study of Eight Women who Influenced the Development of Professional Nursing, 1880-1930. Scutari, 1992.
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1889: Matron Eva Lückes published the pamphlet...
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1889
Matron Eva Lückes
published the pamphlet What Will Trained Nurses Gain by Joining the British Nurses' Association
? arguing against a national register for nurses.
McGann, Susan. The Battle of the Nurses: A Study of Eight Women who Influenced the Development of Professional Nursing, 1880-1930. Scutari, 1992.
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May 1893: The Royal British Nurses' Association, which...
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May 1893
The Royal British Nurses' Association
, which added the word Royal to its name in 1891, became the first association of professional women to be granted a charter of incorporation; however, they were not granted...
1902: The Society for the State Registration of...